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Film and Video Circulation Policies

Loan Periods

The amount of time different Duke users can borrow films varies by your status.

Undergraduate Student

  • 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
  • 3 hours for reserve and limited circulation materials (building use only)
  • Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
  • After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again
Circulation

Graduate Student

  • 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
  • 3 hours for reserve and limited circulation materials (building use only)
  • Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
  • Extended privileges are available; ask at the Lilly desk how to receive faculty borrowing privileges
  • After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again

Faculty

  • 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
  • Reserve material may be checked out for classroom showings; please use this form.
  • Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time (unless working on course syllabus)
  • After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again

Staff

  • 3 days for DVD/VHS titles with a one-time online renewal
  • 3 hours for reserve and yellow-box materials (building use only)
  • Limit of 3 DVD/VHS titles plus 1 devilDVD title at one time
  • After a DVD/VHS title has been returned there is a 24-hour waiting period before it can be checked out again

Outside Borrowers

  • All video titles may be viewed in Lilly Library
  • Viewing stations and headphones are available within the building, for your use, in exchange for a photo i.d.

Returns and Fines

Video Returns

  • Please return all videos/dvds to Lilly Library; a drop-slot is available when the building is closed
  • To limit damage, waiting periods for other patrons and to avoid fines, please do not return videos to other libraries or send them in campus mail

Fines

  • $5.00 per day per title
  • Damaged or lost videos will result in a non-refundable $25 processing fee, late fee and replacement fee (replacement fee is determined on a title-by-title basis)

Reserves and Limited Circulation

Reserve Videos

  • For faculty who assign their students films to watch outside of class it is strongly recommended to place titles on reserve
  • Reserve videos do not circulate outside the building, except by special arrangement using our classroom showing request form and after approval from faculty for whom a title has been placed on reserve
  • Reserve videos are checked out to patrons for 3 hours and viewed in the library.

Limited Circulation Videos

  • Video/DVDs that are frequently used in classes, out-of-print or cost over $200 may be designated as Limited Circulation
  • Limited circulation videos may be viewed in the building and circulate outside the building by special arrangement using our classroom showing request form
  • Videos in yellow boxes have limited circulation status; most users can check them out for 3 hours to view inside the library

Summer Program Participants

 American Dance Festival

  • ADF students may view VHS/DVD titles for 3 hours inside the library; MFA students have faculty borrowing privileges
  • ADF faculty have standard faculty and staff borrowing times and restrictions (see above)

TIP

  • TIP students may view VHS/DVD titles for 3 hours inside the library
  • TIP faculty and staff have standard faculty and staff borrowing times and restrictions (see above)

Young Writer's Camp

  • YWC students are not eligible to borrow videos
  • YWC faculty and staff have borrowing privileges equivalent to their current borrowing status; see above.
 

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